Title Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.

Publication Info.	New York, N.Y. : Viking, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	72 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68) and index.
Contents	Voteless, 1963 -- Martin Luther King Jr. arrives, 1965 -- Bloody Sunday: March 7, 1965 -- Turn around Tuesday: March 9 -- Day one: Sunday, March 21 -- Day two: Monday, March 22 -- Day three: Tuesday, March 23 -- Day four: Wednesday, March 24 -- Day five: Thursday, March 25 -- Voting Rights Act: August 6, 1965.
Summary	This book recounts the three months of protest that took place before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote.
Audience	Ages 10 up.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.6 3
	Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 3.0 132720.
Awards	A Junior Library Guild selection
	Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award, 2010
	Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
	Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2010
	YALSA Best Book list, 2010 ; ALA Notable Children's Books list, 2010
Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
	African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
	Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
	Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
	Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9780670011896 hardcover $19.99
	0670011894 hardcover $19.99

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